Horseshoe.



PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

A. KERRY.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.13, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON KERRY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO A. S.KERRY, OF

- SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed March 13, 1907. Serial No. 362,236.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON KERRY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of Kingand State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification. A

My invention has for its primary object, the provision of an improvementof the above type which will be comparatively simple in construction'andvery efficient in operation.

A further object resides in the provision of an im proved constructionthrough the medium of which the calk can be easily removed, whendesired, and replaced.

With the above and other equally desirable objects in view, to bereferred to as the description progresses, the invention consists in theconstruction arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter describedand succinctly defined in the appended claims.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, in which like numerals ofreference indicate like parts throughout the several views: Figure 1illustrates the application of a shoe constructed in accordance with myinvention, to the hoof, a portion of which is broken away, said shoebeing shown in section. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of theshoe removed, parts being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view of the calk support. Fig. 4 is a detail view inperspective of the calk, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view ofthe horse shoe provided with a slightly modified form of calk.

In carrying out my invention, I provide what I term the body 1 or horseshoe proper which can be constructed in any desired manner. At the toeportion of body 1, I form a notch or cut-out 2, (see Fig. 2) in whichthe flange 3 of the calk support 4 is fitted. This flange projects abovethe upper surface of the body 1 and is adapted to engage the hoof of thehorse, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The rear edge of the toe portion of the body 1, opposite cut-out 2., isrounded off slightly, as shown in Fig. 1 so that a flange 5 at the rearedge portion of the calk support can be bent firmly thereover withoutinterfering with the proper fitting of the shoe to the hoof.

Flanges 3 and 5, obviously form a very effective means in themselves forsecuring the calk support to body 1, but in addition to these flanges Iprovide one or more pins 6, there being two shown, which are wall isformed with an aperture 8 for reception of a tongue 19, formed integralwith the shank 8 of the calk 9. The other end of said recess is open sothat the shank of said calk can be slid therethrough and properly seatedin said recess. Shank 8 has edge extensions 9, which when the shank isproperly seated in said recess of the calk support, interlock with theside walls of said recess, the inner faces of the respective side wallsconverging outwardly, so as to provide a dove-tail shaped recess (seeFigs. 1 and 3).

When the shank of the calk is properly seated, the projecting endportion of tongue 9 is riveted, see Fig. 2, whereby accidentaldisplacement of the calk is prevented.

In the modified form of the device, shown in Fig. 5, the calk isprovided with outwardly projecting 7 shoulders 10 which bear on thelower surface of the calk support.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is

1. In combination with a horseshoe formed with an opening, a supporthaving a calk secured therein, a pin on said support projecting throughthe opening in said shoe and being secured, and flanges on said supportprojecting upwardly at the opposite edges of said shoe, one of saidflanges extending upwardly for engagement with the hoof and the otherbeing bent over upon the shoe, for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with a horseshoe, a calk support secured thereto, saidcalk support being formed in its under surface with a recess closed atone end by a wall, and a calk arranged in the recess of said calksupport and hav ing a tongue projecting through an opening in the wallclosing one end thereof and'being secured.

3. In combination with a horseshoe, a calk support secured thereto, saidcalk support being formed with a recess of dove-tail shape in crosssection, said recess having one end closed by a wall formed with anopening, and a calk having a shank fitted in said recess and providedwith a tongueprojecting through the opening in said wall, the projectingend portion of said tongue being riveted.

Signed at Seattle, Washington this 28th day of Febrilary 1907. l

AARON KERRY.

Witnesses JOHN W. FiLKINs, S. B. Fonny.

